A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
7-8-9 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
7-8-9 BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Bearded Dude BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1502 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2018-08-17
latest 2019-11-01
Best ToY finish
#1074
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.60
last 5 Master vs avg 652.20 (+0.41)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.56 · weakest Brisket (159.30)
Road miles
709
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 287 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$45K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.20 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The weak link
−5.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.26 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Brisket avg 159.30
- Pork avg 164.56
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of MOSSY ROCK BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bearded Dude BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Bearded Dude BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Bearded Dude BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Candy Q | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| 7-8-9 BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM WOODSHED | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAD FONDO BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.2628 | 163.98 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 157.7028 | 164.36 | top 56% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 155.4056 | 164.56 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 151.9772 | 159.30 | top 70% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 56% | 2019-09-13 |
| Turf & Surf BBQ Championship | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 60% | 2019-08-16 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2018-08-17 → 2019-11-01
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.56 · weakest Brisket (159.30)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
652.20
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
80–154 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
709
6 mapped stops · furthest 287 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 68% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$45,300
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1491
peak 1502 · #3576 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1712 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1502) Turf & Surf BBQ Championship
- First call America's Finest BBQ State Championship
- 2019
- Career-best overall score661.6228 America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1316 America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) | 2019-09-13 |
| +1.5 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship | 2018-08-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival | 2019-11-01 |
| -5.2 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede | 2018-12-28 |
| -2.3 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship | 2018-09-14 |
| -0.7 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship | 2019-08-16 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 66% | 91.9% | 91% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 67% | 90.4% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-01 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA | 30 / 37 (645.5768) | 30 (159.9196) | 28 (161.1200) | 17 (167.4400) | 29 (157.0972) |
| 2019-09-13 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 San Diego, CA | 15 / 30 (661.6228) | 19 (164.5484) | 27 (157.7028) | 7 (173.1316) | 15 (166.2400) |
| 2019-08-16 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship 🏅 Del Mar, CA | 23 / 35 (658.7544) | 30 (158.2628) | 11 (169.6800) | 19 (166.2628) | 22 (164.5488) |
| 2018-12-28 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ | 39 / 47 (646.2860) | 37 (163.4628) | 20 (169.7144) | 38 (161.1316) | 43 (151.9772) |
| 2018-09-14 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA | 25 / 40 (650.7660) | 9 (171.9772) | 23 (162.2628) | 25 (163.9772) | 35 (152.5488) |
| 2018-08-17 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 28 / 51 (650.1712) | 17 (165.6800) | 21 (165.7028) | 39 (155.4056) | 24 (163.3828) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1074 (235 pts) | #1208 (205 pts) | #1046 (270 pts) | #946 (310 pts) | #1111 (240 pts) |